Ed Traut

By Ed Traut

2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.

• Everyone goes through challenges and storms.
• We can be sure that God is faithful in all things and that He will strengthen us.
• We have this confidence that He shields and protects us that the devil can do us no harm.  God is our fortress. 

Prayer:  My Father today, regardless of what I am going through, I look to You because I know that You are faithful and that You will strengthen me and I will not be focussed on the difficulty but on Your goodness.  Amen. 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Matthew 14:19  And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

• Jesus initiated the miracle, but –
• It was the disciples that actually distributed the food and acted out the miracle.
• Often times it is just us acting on His word to see the miraculous in working.

Prayer:  Lord I surrender to You today that You guide me and instruct me that I can do whatever You say that I can see the miraculous power of God working.  Help me to step out always in faith.  Amen.

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Psalms 40:2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

• We remind ourselves continually of all the things He has done!
• We do not forget from where we have come and how He has delivered us and done great things for us.  We allow no pride or confidence of our own achievements
• We recognize that He has given us a place to stand firmly in Him.

Prayer:  Lord it is all because of You.  I have nothing to boast in, but Your goodness and what You have done for me.  I rejoice in the fact that I stand firm and it is all in You.  Amen.
 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

1 Samuel 17:50  So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

• Without a sword – not with conventional methods or the expected tools or weapons.
• So often, God will do things beyond our comprehension just to show that He can.
• We cannot depend upon our natural resources or strengths.  We look to God.  He may use what we have, but He certainly has resources we can’t dream of.

Prayer:  Lord, how grateful I am that I can look to You and not have to understand or even ‘work it out’but know that You have a way and You will give me victory in any way You choose, You will break through for me.  I bless You today.  Amen.

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

• God has always had an amazing focus and plan for His church.  
• It is and was not God’s plan for us to suffer or go through difficulties, but rather be victorious, because of the price Jesus paid.
• This salvation that Jesus paid such a dear price for compares to nothing in this world.  It is the most amazing gift of God ever.

Prayer:  I lift my hands to rejoice and worship You for this wonderful salvation that You have given to me.  Help me to share it today with someone that they may hear the gospel and receive eternal life.  I praise You Lord that I can expect blessing and Your favor each day.  Amen. 
 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

• Challenges there will always be.  Varied, more intense and less intense, but troubles are not uncommon.
• The Lord has us covered and expects us to not react or be anxious about them because where fear and panic is faith is gone.
• It is for us to give thanks and to pray and to ask God what we need so that we may have His peace in the midst of any storm. 

Prayer: Lord I do receive Your peace and thank You that You have paid the price for me to have the fullness of that peace and I will focus and give You thanks and tell You of my needs trusting that You will take care of me.  Amen. 
 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Ecclesiastes 5:19  Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work–this is a gift of God.

• The persual of contentment or happiness – so many of us search for it.
• True happiness comes only from God whether we have or don’t have.  Sometimes we can have and not have the ability to enjoy.
• When we can accept and be grateful for which boundary God has given us and what He has allotted to us, true contentment comes.

Prayer:  I praise Your holy name for Your goodness and Your provision, I am content and I say with David that Your boundaries have fallen in lovely places.  Amen. 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. …For when I am weak, then I am strong.

• There is nothing to compare with His grace – His undeserved favor.
• Weakness is where God excels through us.
• I need not to feel inadequate, but to know that He is my strength in my weakness and will bring glory through it all.

Prayer:  Thank You for Your grace Father and Your goodness and Your undeserving favor that I can face whatever I am struggling with whenever I am struggling with it, knowing that You will always give me grace and strength in my weakness.  Amen. 
 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

John 13:35  By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

• Nothing else is more evident that we belong to God than the evidence of love.
• The whole world is looking for love and they know what love looks like – the real thing.
• Sometimes it is difficult to walk in that love in our own strength, that is why we lean on Him and run to Him to fill us with His love continually.

Prayer:  Lord I surrender to You that Your love permeate my heart and fill me and give me love for those that I have difficulty loving.  Let me be loving to everyone.  Let this one thing flow in my life Lord, Your love.  I crave it, I want it and I surrender to it completely.  Amen.
 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Jeremiah 33:3 NLT Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.

• God is omnipresent.  He is in the past, He is in the future, He is in the present.  He knows all things to come.
• All we have to do is ask.
• He will tell us things that are unknown (secrets) but there is a purpose that we may be devoted to Him and full of confidence in Him.

Prayer:  Lord I do ask that You reveal and show me the way and things to come that I can be prepared in my heart.  I am confident in You that You are in control and that I am not to be afraid.  Teach me and show me Your ways.  I belong to You.  Amen.

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life